The general assembly is competent for matters related to the Federal State, the Brussels-Capital Region, the Common Community Commission, the German Community, the public institutions depending on them, and for interpreting the European and Federal standards.
The French speaking chamber has exclusive competence for matters related to the French speaking Community, the French Community Commission, the Walloon Region, the public institutions depending on them, and the Walloon provinces.
The Dutch speaking Chamber has exclusive competence for matters related to the Flemish Community, the Flemish Region, the public institutions depending on them, and the Flemish provinces.
Administrative staff
The Court’s administrative staff is made up of ten directorates placed under the management of a Senior Auditor-Director and divided into three sectors.
Sector I provides support to the others. It is made up of the Directorate of Coordination and Studies, which includes the Registry, and the Directorate of General Affairs.
Sectors II (Federal level) and III (Community and Region level) are operational sectors which are divided into financial and thematic directions.
The financial pillar performs budget analyses, financial audits and checks the accounts of the public services and the accounting officers.
The thematic pillar takes care of the audits pertaining to the legality and the regularity of the operations and procedures, as well as of the audits of the sound use of public funds in order to assess how a service, a process or a policy is effective, efficient and economical.
The organisation per sector corresponds to the competences of the general assembly and the French speaking and Dutch speaking chambers.
Human resources
The Court of Audit appoints and dismisses the members of its administrative staff. It fixes the composition, status and wages under the supervision of the board of the House of Representatives. It recruits the candidates in open competition.
The Court of Audit’s staff includes about 550 members, evenly divided between French and Dutch speakers. Most of them are auditors or controllers.
